N.B. woman to represent mothers of fallen soldiers at Remembrance Day
ceremony.

OTTAWA – The mother of a New Brunswick soldier who was killed four
years ago in Afghanistan will lay the wreath for the mothers of fallen soldiers
during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial.

Mabel Girouard was named Monday as the Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother for
2010-11. Her son, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michael Girouard, was killed on
Nov. 27, 2006, when a suicide bomber drove into a military convoy. Girouard
posthumously received the Meritorious Service Cross.

During the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Nov. 11, Mabel Girouard –
who will hold her new role until October 2011 – will represent the mothers of
all Canadian soldiers who have lost their lives during the military service.

The Bathurst, N.B., resident is an office worker and telephone operator. She
and her husband split their time between their home in New Brunswick and
Florida.